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Opiate Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms

When you take an opiate drug like Vicodin, OxyContin, heroin, methadone, Percocet, Lortab and others for an extended period of time, you develop a physical dependence upon the drug. Should you suddenly stop taking the opiate or significantly decrease your dose, you will immediately begin to experience an opiate detox, a phenomenon characterized by opiate addiction withdrawal symptoms.

Choose an opiate rehab center like The Canyon and you needn't experience these opiate addiction withdrawal symptoms alone or without medical assistance and support.

Physical Opiate Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms

Initially, the worst part of an opiate detox is the physical withdrawal symptoms that you experience. These will vary depending upon the person, the length of your addiction and the dose of your drug of choice. In general, however, physical opiate addiction withdrawal symptoms begin within a few hours of your missed dose. Headaches, profuse sweating and stomach cramps usually characterize the initial stage of opiate detox. These symptoms generally increase in intensity and expand to include bone and muscle aches and pains, leg twitches when you try and rest, insomnia despite intense fatigue, and overwhelming irritability and anxiety as well as depression.

Without medical supervision, assistance and support, opiate detox is physically miserable but at an opiate rehab like The Canyon, you can receive medications, healthy food and comfortable surroundings conducive to rest and relaxation that will take the edge off the experience and ease you through the process with as little discomfort as possible.

Psychological Opiate Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms

Psychological opiate addiction withdrawal symptoms begin during the physical opiate addiction withdrawal symptoms but likely won't become the primary focus of your opiate detox until after the physical symptoms have subsided. These psychological symptoms include anxiety, depression and cravings for your opiate drug of choice, and they can persist long after the physical withdrawal symptoms are under control. It's important that you have the support of psychological professionals who specialize in substance abuse and addiction treatment in order to get the help that you need.

Treat Opiate Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms

Though there are facilities that offer only opiate detox for those who are still struggling with physical dependence upon their drug of choice and other facilities that require you to have already broken your opiate addiction before beginning treatment, the most successful opiate rehab will offer both opiate detox and opiate addiction treatment. The most efficient medical treatment for opiate addiction is seamless as well as medical in nature, beginning by treating your physical addiction and continuing that detox in a milder form as you begin and then intensify the treatment for your psychological issues with opiates. Treating just one or the other will not provide the kind of results that you will be able to sustain for long on your own after you return home, and that is, after all, the goal of opiate rehab: long-term abstinence with as few relapses as possible.

Opiate Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms Treatment at The Canyon

At The Canyon, we offer our residents a complete opiate rehab by providing both opiate detox and opiate addiction treatment. Our approach is holistic in nature, addressing your personal needs on multiple levels through a number of cutting edge and traditional treatments. If you have any questions about our personalized opiate rehab here in southern California, contact us at The Canyon today.